On the way to baptism Augustine dismisses an unnamed partner of many years while keeping their son
In the Milan years, as Confessions reports, Augustine sent away the unnamed woman with whom he had lived for years and had a son, Adeodatus, as part of a career-and-baptism plot that also contemplated a socially useful marriage. In the causal graph this event weakens Protection of Minority Rights, a driver that strengthens Having a say in government — a worsening welfare path.
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In the Milan years, as Confessions reports, Augustine sent away the unnamed woman with whom he had lived for years and had a son, Adeodatus, as part of a career-and-baptism plot that also contemplated a socially useful marriage. The instrument is that dismissal. She is not given a civic speech in his book. Augustine of Hippo's documented role is: He sent her back to Africa as Confessions tells it, under a marriage-plot for a child-bride he also did not complete. She is unnamed in his book. Adeodatus remains.
Context
Monica is the named mother pressing a Catholic marriage. Sharing the household decision with her is required. The Confessions as interior method is a neighbouring improving row; this stores the cost to the unnamed partner. Cassiciacum follows. The setting of On the way to baptism Augustine dismisses an unnamed partner of many years while keeping their son is the public file around 0386-01-01. Driver protection-of-minority-rights is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.
Why it matters
Worsening path from On the way to baptism Augustine dismisses an unnamed partner of many years while keeping their son on 0386-01-01. The welfare reading on this path is worsening.
If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.
Who was responsible
Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.
Augustine Of Hippo
PersonDirect responsibility
responsibility level 0.32 · verified
He sent her back to Africa as Confessions tells it, under a marriage-plot for a child-bride he also did not complete. She is unnamed in his book. Adeodatus remains.
What changed
Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.
- FactOn the way to baptism Augustine dismisses an unnamed partner of many years while keeping their son
- weakensDriverProtection of Minority Rights
- strengthensIndicators (2)Having a say in government
impact weight 0.3 · Effect from 1 January 386 · verified
Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.14 (weight 0.3 × strength 0.45)
Observed
29.8% of population aged 16-65 years · 8.13 below the normal line (2023)
Worse than normalTwo readings: 30.2% of population aged 16-65 years (2021) and 29.8% of population aged 16-65 years (2023).
20212023 Above normal = better
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.14 (weight 0.3 × strength 0.45)
Observed
43.9 Score · 43.9 above the normal line (2024)
Worse than normal26 readings, 1996–2024: rose from 43 Score to 43.9 Score.
Normal is zero · any amount = worse
Evidence
The sources behind this fact and its verification state.
- 1.New Advent — Augustine, Confessions, Manichaean booksNew Advent / translated Fathers · High credibility · verified
- 2.Britannica — Pelagianism / AugustineEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish
Official locator: New Advent — Augustine, Confessions, dismissal of the partner at https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1101.htm (opens in a new tab) (New Advent / translated Fathers). Independent locator: Britannica — Saint Augustine, conversion neighbourhood at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Augustine (opens in a new tab) (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Official carrier: New Advent — Augustine, Confessions, dismissal of the partner (https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1101.htm (opens in a new tab); New Advent / translated Fathers). Independent carrier: Britannica — Saint Augustine, conversion neighbourhood (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Augustine (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica).
Established: a sourced public record of On the way to baptism Augustine dismisses an unnamed partner of many years while keeping their son under 0386-01-01 for Augustine of Hippo. Established: a sourced public record of On the way to baptism Augustine dismisses an unnamed partner of many years while keeping their son under 0386-01-01.
Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. High on the Confessions' own report. Mixed effects of On the way to baptism Augustine dismisses an unnamed partner of many years while keeping their son are separate paths.
Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.
That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.
Shared responsibility is part of On the way to baptism Augustine dismisses an unnamed partner of many years while keeping their son. Naming Augustine of Hippo does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 0386-01-01 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.
Causal path
How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.
- ActorAugustine Of Hippo
- contributed toFactOn the way to baptism Augustine dismisses an unnamed partner of many years while keeping their son
- weakensDriverProtection of Minority Rights
- strengthensIndicatorHaving a say in government
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